Also known as ETE Locality 1468, Site 41a, Frida Leakey Korongo, Arch#41, Geol loc.45, FLK-Level 22,
Where: Tanzania (3.0° S, 35.3° E: paleocoordinates 3.0° S, 35.2° E)
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Olduvai Formation, Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)
• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: max=1.798+/-.004(Tuff IB)min=1.749+/-.007(Tuff IF) radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; gray, green claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ)
• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list: BMNH: British Museum (Natural History), KNM, TDA: Tennessee Division of Archaeology
Primary reference: J. C. Rage. 1973. Fossil snakes from Olduvai,Tanzania. In L. S. B. Leakey, R. J. B. Sauvage, and S. C. Coryndon (eds.), Fossil Vertebrates from Africa 3:1-6 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/T. Liebrecht]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22628: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 28.06.2000, edited by John Damuth
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Urocyclidae indet., Sheptostele indet., Tytoaloa cf. affinis, Oenomys olduvaiensis, Avicanthis primaevus
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Actinopteri | |
Clarias sp. Scopoli 1777 catfish | |
Aves | |
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Struthio sp. Linnaeus 1758 ostrich | |
Reptilia | |
Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti 1768 Nile crocodile | |
Python sp. Daudin 1803 boa | |
Bitis sp., Bitis olduvaiensis n. sp.
Bitis sp. Gray 1842 puff adder
Bitis olduvaiensis n. sp. puff adder ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: mak - "sp.nov." moved to resolution
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Mammalia | |
cf. Elephantulus sp. Thomas and Schwann 1906 elephant shrew | |
Equus cf. oldowayensis horse | |
Giraffidae indet. Gray 1821 giraffe ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: .; Double entry removed abundance could be 3
cf. Okapia sp. Lankester 1901 okapi | |
Tragelaphini "indet.-lg", Tragelaphini "indet.-small", Syncerus acoelotus, Antilopini indet., Kobus sigmoidalis, Parmularius altidens, Connochaetes sp., Oryx sp.
Tragelaphini "indet.-lg" Blyth 1863 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Tragelaphini-lg
Tragelaphini "indet.-small" Blyth 1863 antelope ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: Tragelaphini-small
Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941 antelope
Connochaetes sp. Lichtenstein 1812 wildebeest
Oryx sp. de Blainville 1816 oryx | |
Notochoerus sp. Broom 1925 pig
Metridiochoerus sp. Hopwood 1926 pig
Kolpochoerus limnetes Hopwood 1926 pig | |
Crocuta sp. Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
Crocuta cf. ultra spotted hyaena | |
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas
"Canis mesomelas" = Lupulella mesomelas Schreber 1775 black-backed jackal | |
"Suncus varilla" = Suncus varilla, "Suncus cf. orangiae" = Suncus varilla, Myosorex robinsoni, Sylvisorex olduvaiensis
"Suncus varilla" = Suncus varilla Thomas 1895 Lesser dwarf shrew ETE number of identifiable specimens; species: meesteri; originally entered as "Suncus vanilla"
"Suncus cf. orangiae" = Suncus varilla Thomas 1895 Lesser dwarf shrew
Myosorex robinsoni white-toothed shrew
Sylvisorex olduvaiensis white-toothed shrew | |
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine | |
Praomys minor, Pelomys dietrichi, Saccostomus sp., Zelotomys leakeyi, Thallomys quadrilobatus, Otomys kempi, Aethomys lavocati, Mus petteri, cf. Steatomys sp., Tatera sp.
Pelomys dietrichi groove-toothed swamp rat
Saccostomus sp. Peters 1846 pouched mouse
Zelotomys leakeyi mouse
Thallomys quadrilobatus mouse
Otomys kempi mouse
Aethomys lavocati rock rat
Mus petteri house mouse
Tatera sp. Lataste 1882 large naked-soled gerbil | |
Serengetilagus sp. Dietrich 1941 rabbit | |
Galago senegalensis Geoffroy 1796 Senegal bushbaby | |
"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei
"Australopithecus boisei" = Paranthropus boisei Leakey 1959 australopithecine | |
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
Amphibia | |
Xenopus sp. Wagler 1827 clawed frog | |
Gastropoda | |
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Adenota | |
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki
"Antidorcas recki" = Adenota recki Schwartz 1932 |